1. TO TWEET OR TO RETWEET? THAT IS THE QUESTION FOR DOCTORS ON MICROBLOGS Open Access Author: Lee, Ji Young Title: TO TWEET OR TO RETWEET? THAT IS THE QUESTION FOR DOCTORS ON MICROBLOGS Graduate Program: Media Studies Keywords: bandwagonauthorityhealth communicationTwittersource proximity File: Download Ji_Young_Lee_Final_draft.pdf Committee Members: S Shyam, Sundar, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorS. Shyam Sundar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
2. PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF CULTURE ON AESTHETIC MOTIVATION FOR COSMETIC CUSTOMIZATION OF MOBILE PHONES Open Access Author: Lee, Seoyeon Title: PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF CULTURE ON AESTHETIC MOTIVATION FOR COSMETIC CUSTOMIZATION OF MOBILE PHONES Graduate Program: Media Studies Keywords: Media PsychologyCustomizationCultureMobile Phone File: Download Seoyeon_Lee__Thesis__FINAL.pdf Committee Members: S. Shyam Sundar, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorS. Shyam Sundar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
3. Effects of Expectation Setting and Agency on Human-Robot Interaction Open Access Author: Sun, Yuan Title: Effects of Expectation Setting and Agency on Human-Robot Interaction Graduate Program: Media Studies Keywords: human-robot interactonsense of agencyexpectation setting File: Download Thesis-Yuan_Sun_Final.pdf Committee Members: S. Shyam Sundar, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorS. Shyam Sundar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
4. CAN OVERT PERSONALIZATION AND TRANSPARENCY ENHANCE USER EXPERIENCE OF PERSONALIZED MOBILE SERVICES? Open Access Author: Chen, Tsai-Wei Title: CAN OVERT PERSONALIZATION AND TRANSPARENCY ENHANCE USER EXPERIENCE OF PERSONALIZED MOBILE SERVICES? Graduate Program: Media Studies Keywords: Personalized mobile applicationuser experienceinformation transparencyovert personalizationpower usage File: Download Tsai-Wei_thesis_final.pdf Committee Members: S. Shyam Sundar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
5. Make me pretty: The role of customization in the effects of attractive avatar use on self-image Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Drivas, Magdalayna Title: Make me pretty: The role of customization in the effects of attractive avatar use on self-image Graduate Program: Media Studies (MA) Keywords: video gamesavatarsProteus effectsocial comparison theorycustomizationbody image File: Login to Download Committee Members: Anthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/ChairMary Beth Oliver, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorS. Shyam Sundar, Committee MemberMichael Grant Schmierbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
6. How should AI talk to users when collecting their personal information? Effects of role framing and self-referencing on Human-AI interaction Open Access Author: Liao, Meng Qi Title: How should AI talk to users when collecting their personal information? Effects of role framing and self-referencing on Human-AI interaction Graduate Program: Communications Keywords: Human-AI InteractionHuman Machine CommunicationPrivacy concerns File: Download MA_Thesis_Mengqi_Liao_final.pdf Committee Members: S. Shyam Sundar, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorFuyuan Shen, Committee MemberAmulya Yadav, Committee MemberAnthony Olorunnisola, Program Head/Chair